Robert William Abrams was born in May 1924 in Rockhaven, Saskatchewan, south-west of North Battleford. His family had moved from Meaford, ON to Rockhaven in 1905. Robert was born on the homestead and was engaged in farming when he enlisted in Saskatoon in 1942. Following aircrew training, he was assigned to No. 576 Squadron Royal Air Force. Robert William Abrams was killed in action in March 1945 on his first operational mission, when his Lancaster bomber collided in midair with another aircraft over Chemnitz, Germany. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theater who died with no known grave.